An aerial photo shows a flooded highway after typhoon Nock-Ten made landfall in Polangui, Albay province on December 26, 2016. -AFP
MANILA: At least six people are dead and 18 others missing after Typhoon Nock-Ten lashed the Philippines over the Christmas holidays, the government said Tuesday as it tried to assess the damage.
The unusually late storm first hit the eastern provinces on Christmas Day, flooding roads and farms, destroying homes and damaging ships as it crossed the archipelago, though the highly-populated Philippine capital was spared.
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